Nowadays almost every film relies on dialogue to advance the plot or to keep it interesting. The art of silent film is almost extinct. Regardless, we've chosen to go against the norm and do a silent short film, we feel like telling a story through expressions and actions rather than words, while challenging, can be more effective. Michel Hazanavicius, director of 2011's The Artist, gave some tips on how to make an effective short film in this modern time in an interview with The Guardian.
On what makes a silent film resonate currently: "The format allows you so many things. The way it works, how the audience participates in the storytelling process, you put your own imagination in the movie. For every single person, that makes the movie very intimate, because there's so much of yourself [in it]. It's a great experience. It's a very different experience. It's a sensual experience."
He also states later on that "the less you do, the more the audience does" which makes the silent film and almost interactive medium as the audience does the filling in of the blanks. There is no dialogue so a lot is left up to the imagination, we provide the tools, the audience builds their own experience with the film.
Source:
-Levin, R. (2011, November 22). The Director of 'The Artist' on How to Make a Modern Silent Film. Retrieved March 6, 2015, from http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/11/the-director-of-the-artist-on-how-to-make-a-modern-silent-film/248878/
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